Head of Corporate Applications

Job Description

Location:
Bangalore (India), Krakow (Poland), Buenos Aires (Argentina) Role Purpose The Head of Corporate Applications is a senior technology leader responsible for the global strategy, delivery, governance and continuous improvement of Arbex's enterprise applications supporting HR, Finance, Procurement, Legal, GBS and ERP capabilities. The role ensures business-critical corporate platforms are scalable, secure, compliant, cost-efficient and aligned to business objectives across a $3.3bn global business operating across 70 countries and 22 plants. The successful candidate will act as the senior technology owner for core enterprise applications, including SAP ERP, Workday, Anaplan and related corporate systems. They will lead operating model transformation, support TSA exit, govern major programmes and ensure operational stability, audit readiness, service performance and continuous optimisation across a portfolio of 280+ enterprise applications.

Key Responsibilities
- Corporate Applications Strategy & Leadership
· Define and execute the global applications strategy for HR, Finance, Procurement, Legal, GBS and ERP systems.
- Corporate Applications Strategy & Leadership
· Act as the senior technology leader for core enterprise applications, including SAP ERP, Anaplan, Workday and related corporate platforms.
- Corporate Applications Strategy & Leadership
· Partner with executive stakeholders including the CHRO, CFO and Chief Legal Officer to align application roadmaps with functional priorities and business outcomes.
- Corporate Applications Strategy & Leadership
· Shape the future-state corporate applications landscape, ensuring platforms are standardised, scalable, secure and cost-effective.
- Corporate Applications Strategy & Leadership
· Balance service quality,



operational stability, cost efficiency, audit requirements and SOX risk across critical systems that support the global business.
- Enterprise Applications Portfolio & Operating Model
· Oversee a portfolio of 280+ enterprise applications across HR, Legal, Finance, GBS, Procurement and ERP domains.
- Enterprise Applications Portfolio & Operating Model
· Lead the establishment and transformation of the operating model across people, process, technology and data for Corporate functions.
- Enterprise Applications Portfolio & Operating Model
· Support TSA exit and ongoing optimisation by ensuring applications, services and support models are fit for standalone Arbex operations.
- Enterprise Applications Portfolio & Operating Model
· Develop and maintain portfolio roadmaps that align transformation activity, upgrades, integrations, system health and business value delivery.
- Enterprise Applications Portfolio & Operating Model
· Establish KPIs and performance metrics to track application health, service performance, user satisfaction and business value realisation.
- ERP, HR, Finance & Procurement Platform Ownership
· Provide IT leadership for the ERP system in steady state, working closely with Infrastructure teams for SAP security, Basis and hosting support.
- ERP, HR, Finance & Procurement Platform Ownership
· Govern major programmes including system transformations, regional rollouts, upgrades,



integrations and platform lifecycle activity.
- ERP, HR, Finance & Procurement Platform Ownership
· Ensure corporate applications support effective Finance, HR, Legal, Procurement and GBS processes across global and regional needs.
- ERP, HR, Finance & Procurement Platform Ownership
· Partner with business process owners to simplify, standardise and optimise enterprise process technology.
- ERP, HR, Finance & Procurement Platform Ownership
· Drive continuous improvement of application capability, usability, resilience and performance across the general corporate systems landscape.
- Programme, Portfolio & Financial Management
· Oversee global application delivery to ensure timely execution, budget adherence, risk management and measurable business value realisation.
- Programme, Portfolio & Financial Management
· Manage more than $10m of IT run costs across the Corporate Applications portfolio.
- Programme, Portfolio & Financial Management
· Prioritise investment and delivery activity based on business criticality, value, risk, compliance and operational impact.
- Programme, Portfolio & Financial Management
· Provide executive-level reporting on portfolio progress, application health, financial performance, risk and service outcomes.
- Programme, Portfolio & Financial Management
· Ensure strong governance over programme scope, delivery dependencies, business readiness, change control and benefits tracking.
- Governance, Risk, Controls & Compliance
· Ensure compliance with global regulatory and enterprise control requirements, including GDPR and SOX.
- Governance, Risk, Controls & Compliance
· Partner with the CISO and GRC teams to ensure IT controls are in place and critical SOX tools are audit compliant.
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📌 Head of Corporate Applications (Buenos Aires)
🏢 Kimberly-Clark
📍 Buenos Aires